Button.



T. J. MGGOVERN.

BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11,1906.

PATENTED FEB. 4, 1908.

- which may be readily detached from or re- Fig. 1.

herein, being located diametrically of the notes a ring or eye servin as a means for" THOMAS J. MCGOVERN, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

v BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

rammed Feb. 4, 190s.

kpplicatibn filed May 11. 1906- Serial No. 316.418.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. MCGOVERN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented and nodu ced a'new and Improved Button, of W ich the followingis a specification.

My improvement relates'more especially to that class of devices known as removable or detachable buttons, and the object of my invention is to provide a button of this kind placed on a garment; and a further object of the invention is to provide a means of attachment which shall not injure the fabric composing the garment to which the button is attached and a further object of the invention is to provide a button which will not become accidentally detached from the garment.

A form of device in the use of which these objects may be attained is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of my improved button shown. as attached to a piece offabric. Fig. 2 is a similar view but in a plane at right-angles to the plane of view of Fig. 3 is a bottom view'of the button,

In the accompanying drawingsthe attaching means formed of wire and secured to the button has been shown of a somewhat relatively larger size in proportion to the button than will be employed in actual practice, this" to better illustrate my invention. 7

The terms top and bottom are usedherein with respect to the button, the button being considered as at the top of the shank. The numeral'l denotes a piece of fabric to which the button is to be attached, and-2 de--- attachment. This ringwi I be of a size to readily receive the wire composing the shank of the button, the ring being secured in place asby means of threads sewed through andthrough the fabric and-passing through the ring. v v

The button 4 is located at the top of a shank or stem 5. This shank extends downward and at its lower end is bent to forma neck 7. Thewire beyond the neck is formed into a spiral 6, this spiral being located above c, the lower end ofthe shank, the latter infact being located transversely to the axis of the spiral, in the preferred form and as shown for the obvious isadapted. I claim.

perform its functions and at the same time prevent accidental disengagement of the ring.

I amaware that structures have heretofore been provided in which the ring or eye is'located within the turns of the spiral, and I do not desire or intend to includewithin my invention such a .construction, the present invention contemplating the formation of a 100 located beyond the spiral and within which the eye or ring is held when the button is in place; 4

In inserting the button in place the fabric may be folded to permit the lock or spiral to be screwed into the eye, and it will be readily seen that rotation of the button, especially I when it is inserted through the button-hole,

can not take lace, and also that when detached from t e button-hole turning move,- ment of'the button will not readily displace it for the reason that the eye is located in a space or opening located beyond the coils of the spiral. At the same time the construction provides a ready means for attachment of the button to the fabric or removal therefrom purposes to which said. device v1,. A button having a stem extending from the back thereof, a spirally arranged coil located to provide a space therebetween and the stem, said stem-extending trans- ,versely of the axis of the coil, and a neck connecting thelower end ofthe stem and coil.

5 A'bu'tton, a stem extending from theback thereof, a spirally arranged coil extending above the lower end of the stem to "form a space therebetween and said stem, the

latter extending diametrically of the coil, and a neck connecting said coil and the lower end of the stem. A button, a stem extending from the back thereof, a spirally arranged coil located above the lower end of'the stem'and' providing a space between said stem and coil, and a neck uniting said coil and the lower end of .the' stem. 7 o THOMAS J. MoGOVERN,

,Witnesses:

' ARTHUR B. JENKINS, "LENA E. BERKOVITOH. 

